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en-caFri, 22 Feb 2019 09:31:53 ESTOthers keep speaking for Jody Wilson-Raybould. Now let’s hear from herhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/21/others-keep-speaking-for-jody-wilson-raybould-now-lets-hear-from-her.html
480fc933-9832-4d5e-8b21-a048c8e7f704Star Editorial Board - Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:54:28 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/21/others-keep-speaking-for-jody-wilson-raybould-now-lets-hear-from-her/wernick.jpg"/><br/>Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council, gave the most robust explanation of the Trudeau government’s conduct in the SNC-Lavalin affair. All the more reason to make sure Jody Wilson-Raybould gets a chance to speak “my truth.”Others keep speaking for Jody Wilson-Raybould. Now let’s hear from herClerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick waits to appear before the Justice Committee meeting in Ottawa.Adrian WyldTHE CANADIAN PRESSCRTC should be tougher on telcoshttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/21/crtc-must-get-tough-on-telcos.html
da1c3de4-fa36-4521-a17a-068e592582b7Star Editorial Board - Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:39:01 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/21/crtc-must-get-tough-on-telcos/ian_scott.jpg"/><br/>A report by the federal telecommunications regulator makes it clear internet, home and television service providers are taking advantage of consumers but offers no remedies.CRTC should be tougher on telcosIan Scott, chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), chose not to name the bad telecoms who target vulnerable consumers. Sean KilpatrickTHE CANADIAN PRESSFord government should cool the rhetoric on policinghttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/20/time-to-cool.html
0f58e28e-93e6-44b0-ac45-5f3cf9ddc1dcStar Editorial Board - Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:30:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/20/time-to-cool/sylvia_jones.jpg"/><br/>The Ford government should have just implemented the Liberal legislation on police oversight and saved everyone a lot of time, angst and money. Ford government should cool the rhetoric on policingCommunity Safety Minister Sylvia Jones with Premier Doug Ford. Rick MadonikToronto StarOttawa should change tax rules to encourage donations to charityhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/20/ottawa-should-change-tax-rules-to-encourage-donations-to-charity.html
fd4fa07d-8775-4937-80b6-92e34db97067Star Editorial Board - Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:30:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/20/ottawa-should-change-tax-rules-to-encourage-donations-to-charity/don_johnson.jpg"/><br/>Governments ought to do all they can to encourage giving, and there’s one measure the Trudeau government should adopt in its upcoming budget that would make a big difference to many charities.Ottawa should change tax rules to encourage donations to charityDonald K Johnson, former financier and philanthropist, has lobbied for changes to the Income Tax Act to encourage more charitable giving.Vince Talotta *p66 Donald K JohnTORONTO STARLet Jody Wilson-Raybould tell her own storyhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/19/let-jody-wilson-raybould-tell-her-own-story.html
a67814a7-de66-4274-bbeb-142c14360635Star Editorial Board - Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:15:06 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/19/let-jody-wilson-raybould-tell-her-own-story/butts.jpg"/><br/>Jody Wilson-Raybould deserves the simple respect of being able to tell her own story in the SNC-Lavalin saga as she experienced it.Let Jody Wilson-Raybould tell her own storyGerald Butts stepped down as senior political adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Sean KilpatrickTHE CANADIAN PRESSTreats are nice. But they don’t replace funding for crisis centreshttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/19/treats-are-nice-but-they-dont-replace-funding-for-crisis-centres.html
0a3d3dda-df88-4416-8bc1-b368e5f213e8Star Editorial Board - Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/19/treats-are-nice-but-they-dont-replace-funding-for-crisis-centres/_05456456.jpg"/><br/>‘All the while that Progressive Conservative MPPs have been applauding the Shoebox Project — co-founded by one of their own, Attorney General Caroline Mulroney — they have been withholding the funds that survivors of sexual violence desperately need.’Treats are nice. But they don’t replace funding for crisis centresShoebox Project co-founder Caroline Mulroney, now Ontario’s Attorney General, alongside boxes in 2013. Justin TangTHE CANADIAN PRESSVoyeurs must be stopped, especially in age of digital surveillancehttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/18/voyeurs-must-be-stopped-especially-in-age-of-digital-surveillance.html
b002339f-7fa5-4aca-8948-36c7a13ef5cfStar Editorial Board - Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/18/voyeurs-must-be-stopped-especially-in-age-of-digital-surveillance/voyeurism.jpg"/><br/>Parliament should make sure Canada’s voyeurism laws are bullet-proof when it comes to issues of sexual integrity and privacy. Voyeurs must be stopped, especially in age of digital surveillanceWhile the Supreme Court of Canada found a London, Ont., high school teacher who used a pen camera to surreptitiously take videos of female students’ breasts is guilty of voyeurism, MPs must take another look at the law to make sure it anticipates possible new legal challenges and technologies. Adrian WyldTHE CANADIAN PRESSThere’s still time to save the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treatyhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/17/theres-still-time-to-save-the-intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-treaty.html
606ae953-ff1a-464a-a8e0-c4d8f1d5a081Star Editorial Board - Sun, 17 Feb 2019 06:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/17/theres-still-time-to-save-the-intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-treaty/putin.jpg"/><br/>Abandoning the INF treaty — as the U.S. and Russia are set to do — will make the world a much more dangerous place. There’s still time to save the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces TreatyRussian President Vladimir Putin says that if the U.S. puts intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Russia will be forced to take countermeasures. Alexander ZemlianichenkoAPToronto needs to pay for the needs of a major metropolishttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/15/toronto-needs-to-pay-for-the-needs-of-a-major-metropolis.html
923ea485-7c83-499f-aa5c-bf2007558e18Star Editorial Board - Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/15/toronto-needs-to-pay-for-the-needs-of-a-major-metropolis/john_tory.jpg"/><br/>‘Toronto has a choice. It can keep doing just enough to patch together a balanced budget, year after year. Or it can face up to the challenges of paying for the growing needs of a major metropolis.’Toronto needs to pay for the needs of a major metropolisToronto Mayor John Tory addresses the new city council’s first meeting at City Hall.Richard LautensToronto StarThe Ford government needs to stop its bully tacticshttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/14/the-ford-government-needs-to-stop-its-bully-tactics.html
f832fe44-c837-4d82-8550-7b770906f0a4Star Editorial Board - Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:11:19 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/14/the-ford-government-needs-to-stop-its-bully-tactics/chy103528577.jpg"/><br/>‘A government that has genuinely and openly consulted with affected groups and believes its new policy can stand up to fair public scrutiny doesn’t run around demanding unknowing and unconditional support.’The Ford government needs to stop its bully tacticsLisa MacLeod Ontario’s Minister of Children, Community and Social Services announced changes to autism services last week.Chris YoungTHE CANADIAN PRESSOpportunity: The little robot that couldhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/14/opportunity-the-little-robot-that-could.html
1b915f48-63cb-4741-b5a8-2bc69e3d2940Star Editorial Board - Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:01:06 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/14/opportunity-the-little-robot-that-could/opportunity.jpg"/><br/>‘It’s not often in the high-tech world of planned obsolescence that a robot over-delivers.’Opportunity: The little robot that couldLori Glaze, acting director of NASA's Planetary Science Division, gives a briefing about the Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, on the day the space agency announced the little probe’s 14-year mission was at an end.Marcio Jose SanchezAPIt will take more than tougher rules to protect athletes from abusive coacheshttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/13/it-will-take-more-than-tougher-rules-to-protect-athletes-from-abusive-coaches.html
9ebaea85-c143-4edb-804f-1465c8095ab6Star Editorial Board - Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:24:41 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/13/it-will-take-more-than-tougher-rules-to-protect-athletes-from-abusive-coaches/jdt103482893.jpg"/><br/>Protecting kids in amateur sport from abusive coaches will require funding and organizational changes, not just new and stricter policies.It will take more than tougher rules to protect athletes from abusive coachesSport Minister Kirsty Duncan announced new measures to combat abuse and harassment in sport last June.Justin TangTHE CANADIAN PRESSGive your neighbours a Valentine: shovel your sidewalkhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/13/give-your-neighbours-a-valentine-shovel-your-sidewalk.html
4df15c91-aff2-4aa8-a0a2-43e937adabf1Star Editorial Board - Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:15:44 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/13/give-your-neighbours-a-valentine-shovel-your-sidewalk/salt_and_shovel_your_snow.jpg"/><br/>Altruism should be motive enough to clear your walkway, but if it’s not there are always fines. Give your neighbours a Valentine: shovel your sidewalkBe a good neighbour and shovel and salt your sidewalk. Peter HaleyAPThe damage already done by Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignationhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/12/the-damage-already-done-by-jody-wilson-rayboulds-resignation.html
de15a939-6026-499d-aa90-893a4efaf969Star Editorial Board - Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:08:24 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/12/the-damage-already-done-by-jody-wilson-rayboulds-resignation/jody_wilson_raybould.jpg"/><br/>‘When the history of our political times is written, the decision last month to take Jody Wilson-Raybould down a notch is likely to go down as the Trudeau government’s most calamitous mistake.’The damage already done by Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignationFormer justice minister and attorney general, turned veterans affairs minister Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from Justin Trudeau's cabinet on Feb. 12.iPolitics/Matthew UsherwoodWe’ve become dangerously complacent about vaccineshttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/11/weve-become-dangerously-complacent-about-vaccines.html
f977f540-038b-4d85-a0de-a009899ebcb3Star Editorial Board - Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/11/weve-become-dangerously-complacent-about-vaccines/measles_shot.jpg"/><br/>Measles outbreaks in New York and Washington states this year and Europe last year underscore the dangers of not getting kids vaccinated. We’ve become dangerously complacent about vaccinesGet your child vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella. Eric RisbergAPWe need more, not fewer, messages of kindness and understandinghttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/11/we-need-more-not-fewer-messages-of-kindness-and-understanding.html
1614b43b-cfe5-419a-883b-348c739a78e8Star Editorial Board - Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:05:57 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/11/we-need-more-not-fewer-messages-of-kindness-and-understanding/windermere4.jpg"/><br/>‘It’s depressing that a Swansea neighbourhood church, which posts messages encouraging kindness and interfaith understanding, should feel compelled to file a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission.’We need more, not fewer, messages of kindness and understandingThe Windermere United Church sign makes “you pause and think about things,” says a neighbourhood resident.Marina DempsterOttawa should crack down on vaping ads targeted at kidshttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/11/ottawa-should-crack-down-on-vaping-ads-targeted-at-kids.html
3d5d9af8-4837-4a2c-99a2-fbbb302d8db7Star Editorial Board - Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/11/ottawa-should-crack-down-on-vaping-ads-targeted-at-kids/vaping.jpg"/><br/>Health Canada’s proposed restrictions on the advertising of e-cigarettes are a welcome first step. Ottawa should crack down on vaping ads targeted at kidsA young woman uses a vaping inhaler that manufacturers have designed to look like a USB — something that kids find appealing. Steven SenneAPThe Ford government should invest properly in child carehttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/10/the-ford-government-should-invest-properly-in-child-care.html
ce027f44-2e2a-4d6f-b662-43d1d0ccb46bStar Editorial Board - Sun, 10 Feb 2019 06:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/10/the-ford-government-should-invest-properly-in-child-care/childcare.jpg"/><br/>It’s time Ontario followed the lead of other provinces and invested wisely in child care programs. The Ford government should invest properly in child careChild care fees for infants are $1,685 a month or $20,220 a year in Toronto. DreamstimeAmericans are finally getting a real debate on taxing the richhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/08/americans-are-finally-getting-a-real-debate-on-taxing-the-rich.html
bb7f3898-d699-4936-880f-0acffc677908Star Editorial Board - Fri, 8 Feb 2019 16:19:51 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/08/americans-are-finally-getting-a-real-debate-on-taxing-the-rich/ocasio_cortez.jpg"/><br/>The debate over taxing the rich that U.S. Democrats are starting is one the country should have had eight or nine years ago in the wake of the Great Recession.Americans are finally getting a real debate on taxing the richRepresentative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during the Women's Unity Rally in New York City.ANGELA WEISSAFP/GETTY IMAGESJustin Trudeau must clear the air on SNC-Lavalinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/02/07/justin-trudeau-must-clear-the-air-on-snc-lavalin.html
bdbce966-f3c0-4098-865c-f85fe1e6f629Star Editorial Board - Thu, 7 Feb 2019 17:04:22 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorials/2019/02/07/justin-trudeau-must-clear-the-air-on-snc-lavalin/wilson_raybould.jpg"/><br/>Jody Wilson-Raybould is in the best position to deny that she was pressured by the Prime Minister’s Office to intervene in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin while she was justice minister. Her silence on the matter speaks volumes.Justin Trudeau must clear the air on SNC-LavalinPrime Minister Justin Trudeau and Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould attend a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.Sean KilpatrickTHE CANADIAN PRESS